In addition, if you register online you can be notified of planning applications in your area by setting up your own preferences. This allows you to decide what type of information is provided and the frequency with which information is sent.

You can perform a wide range of searches including simple address or postcode-based searches or more advanced spatially oriented searches such as within an electoral ward or within 500 m of a specified location.

By using the council's website to access planning applications, plans and drawings you are undertaking to agree to the copyright notice terms.

Paper copies of all current applications can be viewed at the Customer First Centre at the Municipal Buildings, Corporation Street, Blackpool, during standard opening hours.

If you want to comment on, support or object to an application, you will find a link called 'make a public comment' when using the search facility above, however, before you do we suggest you view our 'Comment on a Planning Application' page.

The online planning history contained within this site should not be relied upon in connection with a property or legal transactions.

No responsibility will be taken for any errors or omissions in the planning history information obtained from these pages.

Please be aware

External documents, plans, representations and consultation replies will not appear on the website immediately and may take a few days from receipt to become available

Applications will not appear on the website until they have been registered and confirmed as valid

Views expressed by third parties on our website are not the views of Blackpool Council. The council can take no responsibility for any comments made in planning responses, but any comments brought to its notice that the council considers may be defamatory or offensive will be removed from the website

Copyright notice terms

Planning application information is protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Section 47). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.